LGBTQ rights

A group of drag performers and LGBTQ+ rights advocates have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a new Texas law that expands what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct, arguing it is meant to target drag shows and could also criminalize ballet and even cheerleading.

The school board voted unanimously to restrict access to bathrooms to the gender written on one’s birth certificate.

Following more than an hour and a half of public comments Wednesday evening, Keller ISD board members passed proposed policy changes impacting pronoun usage.

Following more than an hour and a half of public comments Wednesday evening, Keller ISD board members passed proposed policy changes impacting pronoun usage.

Two women who filed a complaint in a criminal investigation of books in Granbury ISD libraries told NBC 5 Investigates they only submitted it at the suggestion of the deputy constable leading the investigation. Monica Brown and Karen Lowery, who both are vocal advocates behind a push to remove books they deemed inappropriate from school libraries, made the criminal complaint…

The U.S. Education Department’s civil rights enforcement arm is looking into claims of discrimination after the removal of books on sexuality and transgender identity. NBC 5’s Wayne Carter has the latest.

President Joe Biden signed gay marriage legislation into law Tuesday before a crowd of thousands, a ceremony that reflected growing acceptance of same-sex unions.

President Joe Biden is expected to promptly sign the measure, which requires all states to recognize same-sex marriages.

The case comes at a time when the court is dominated 6-3 by conservatives and following a series of cases in which the justices have sided with religious plaintiffs.

An East Bay catholic deacon is under fire for insulting the LGBTQ community just hours after the Club Q shooting in Colorado. 

Julius’ has been a bar since 1864. It was thrust into the forefront of the gay rights movement in 1966 — three years before the Stonewall riots — when activists staged a peaceful “sip in,” announcing they are homosexuals and asking to be served.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it supports efforts underway in Congress to safeguard same-sex marriage rights.

Cuba has legalized same sex marriage after campaigning from the government and influence from notable figures including the daughter of Raul Castro.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has rewritten Virginia’s model policies for the treatment of transgender students, issuing guidance for school divisions that would roll back some accommodations and tighten parental notification requirements.

A Texas judge on Friday expanded her order blocking the state from investigating families of transgender youth who have received gender-affirming medical care.

Continuing to investigate the parents of transgender youth could put Texas’ child protection agency over the brink of collapse, a group of its staffers said in a new court filing.

A Harvard Kennedy School graduate student and transgender advocate died in Indonesia after being arrested at the start of his honeymoon, prompting calls for an investigation from family, other advocates and the school. Rodrigo Ventosilla, a 32-year-old from Peru, was arrested for carrying prescription medicine and then, along with his husband, deprived of rights while in detention in Bali, all…

Texas’ population is growing and the 2020 census was proof of a population boom over the last decade. But now the state’s political climate is making some people leave Texas. We’re hearing how some LGBTQ Texans are getting help finding a way out.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is urging American conservatives to “take back the institutions,” stick to hardline stances on gay rights and immigration and fight for the pivotal next U.S. presidential election.

Texas GOP leaders are among the conservatives gathering in Dallas for the annual CPAC convention.